by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
Figure 1 Jahanara Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahanara_Begum#/media/File:Princess_Jahanara_aged_18,_British_Library,_Add_Or_3129,_f.13v.jpg In the previous two segments, we have read about Mariam-uz-Zamani and Nur Jahan’s maritime pursuits. While...
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Figure 1 Nur Jahan Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Jahan#/media/File:Nurjahan.jpg In the last segment we read about Mariam-uz-Zamani’s maritime pursuits, she builds up a trading empire and is actively involved in the proceeds and functioning of her maritime...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 16, 2023 | All, Blogs
Figure 1 Mariam-uz-zamani Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mariam_uz-Zamani The grandeur of the Mughal court narrated in the chronicles of foreign travellers are well documented pieces of history. These stories were carried to places far across the...
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Image 1 Potrait of Captain Mahendranath Mulla. Source – Maritime History Society Archives 09 December 1971, was a fateful day. In the midst of the 1971 Indo-Pak War, the Pakistani Naval Ship (PNS) Hangor torpedoed and sank the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khukri (F149). 09...
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Kajal Gautam Research Intern Maritime History Society The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa#/media/File%3ATsunami_by_hokusai_1 9th_century.jpg The term ‘Tsunami’ is derived...
